Thursday, July 26, 2012

It is finally starting to cool down here, we actually stayed in the 90's today!!! So today I took the boys outside and tried another pinned idea for exploding bags. My 5 year old is a science nut so he hears experiment and comes running. It was pretty fun and they had a great time comparing it to when their volcanoes erupted.

We also made some of the sidewalk paint I have seen pinned so many times on Pinterest that I had to try. They painted outside for almost two hours. Although I did discover when washing it off that the blue is still remaining. I may have to tackle that clean up tomorrow.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

The post title has many meanings at this point. Torture n: anguish of body or mind. With the 100 degree heat wave we've had I have definitely had some anguish of the body and the mind... I also took it upon myself to torture my poor child at the swim park the other day. I am that parent that made the poor guy climb four flights of stairs getting more anxious each step and then proceeded to completely flip when he saw what lay ahead. A water slide, I mean who doesn't love them?? Obviously my 5 year old did not! But we had made it to the top, we couldn't go back down... so me plopping him on the mat with me and just saying it will be fun don't worry. (yeah right) And you know what, I think that little guy actually may have liked it, had he not gotten a mouth full of water as we plunged into the pool at the bottom. Alas the water slide won the battle that day!! But that is okay, we totally dominated the lazy river!

Monday, July 2, 2012

So now
that summer is over half over for me ::sobbing in hands:: I better revisit our bucket list and see what we have left to
accomplish. The boys and I sat down and
made this one of the first days of break and have accomplished some, but there
are still plenty of things we wanted to do. Here’s our list, what’s on yours???

Could
that title make me any happier, I mean it's my favorite snack paired with my
favorite drink. We frequent a local Mexican
joint called Rivera’s and their salsa is fantastic, we would spend $7 a pint just to have some to take home. Finally after some hard work, a couple
mistakes, and close calls I think we have nailed the recipe.

Grilled
Tomato Salsa

Ingredients:

2 large yellow/orange tomatoes

2 small red tomatoes

2 jalapenos

1 small white onion

2 cloves minced garlic

1/8 C cilantro

1 tsp. ground cumin

Juice from one lime

Directions:

1. Place tomatoes, onion, and jalapenos directly
on grill. Cook for about 10 minutes
until the skin begins to pull away and they get a nice char. Remove from the
grill.

2. Remove the core of the tomatoes, and seeds
from on or both jalapenos depending
upon the amount of heat you want.

3.
Place all ingredients in a food processor.

4.
Pulse quickly until the salsa has the consistency desired. Serve warm or cool with tortilla chips!

And
, now let’s be honest nothing goes better with salsa and some good Mexican food
than margaritas! While docked at PatosIsland in the San Juans
we met a family that made the most delicious margaritas. These drinks had quite
a distinct flavor, not the usual overall sweetness that you associate with a
margarita. I quickly got the recipe and have
made it several hundred times over the years.

Margaritas

In a blender mix up 1 small can limeade, fill
the can from limeade with tequila, one can Budweiser (yes it must be Bud heavy), ice. Blend up and
serve. Yummo!!